Uniden UBC340CRS User Manual

UBC340CRS

Owner’s Manual

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Before you use this scanner, please read and observe the following.

EARPHONE WARNING!

Use only a genuine Uniden earphone. An incorrect earphone may be
hazardous to your hearing. Turn down volume before connecting the
earphone and then adjust volume to suit.

Precautions

Precautions

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WARNING!

Uniden does not represent this unit to be waterproof. To reduce the risk
of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

Trademarks used throughout this manual are the property of their
respective holders.

Important: If you use the supplied AC adapter to power the scanner but
have not installed batteries in the scanner, never turn the scanner off by
disconnecting the AC adapter or unplugging it from the AC outlet. This
might corrupt the scanner’s memory. Always use POWER to turn the
scanner off before disconnecting AC power.

PrecautionsPrecautions

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Unpacking Your Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Setting Up The Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Connecting an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Using the Backlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Country mode (Australia/New Zealand). . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Using the Alarm Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Setting the Current Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting the Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Using Snooze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Listening to AM/FM/TV Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Directly Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using AM/FM/TV Channel Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Using the Scanner Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Programming Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Selecting a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Scanning Memory Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Locking/Unlocking Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Using Priority Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Setting Channel Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Searching for Active Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using Limit Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Programming an Upper/Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Searching the Selected Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Using Service Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Selecting a Service to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Saving a Found Frequency into a Scan Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Search Lockouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

General Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Contents

Contents

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Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Birdies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Resetting the Scanner (Clearing all Memories) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

One-Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

ContentsContents

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Please unpack this box carefully and make sure you have:

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Band

No.

1 0.53000 1.70000 AM 10 AM Broadcast

2 25.00000 27.99500 AM 5 AM Band

3 28.00000 50.74500 FM 5

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5 70.00000 87.98750 FM 12.5 VHF Low Band

6 88.00000 107.90000 WFM 100 FM Broadcast

7 108.00000 136.98750 AM 12.5 Aircraft Band

8 137.00000 147.99500 FM 5 2 Meter Amateur Band

9 148.00000 174.00000 FM 12.5 VHF High Band

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11 400.00000 512.00000 FM 6.25 Land Mobile Radio

UBC340CRS Scanner

Note: If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your place of
purchase.

This Owner’s Manual

Other Printed Material

AM Loop Antenna AC Adapter

Telescopic Antenna

UBC340CRS

Owner’s Manual

Australia Scanner

Frequencies CD

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Your UBC340CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel
scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, marine,
air, amateur, and other radio services into 100 channels distributed over
ten banks. Use your scanner to monitor:

Police

Marine band

AM CB

UHF CB

Railroad

Air band

AM/FM Broadcast Stations

TV Channels (Australia 0-2, 6-10 and NZ 1-9)

Your scanner can monitor the following bands.

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Band

No.

Lower Limit

(MHz)

Upper Limit

(MHz)

Modulation

Step

(kHz)

Service

1 0.53000 1.70000 AM 10 AM Broadcast

2 25.00000 27.99500 AM 5 AM Band

3 28.00000 50.74500 FM 5

10-6 Meter Amateur
Band

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51.75000

WFM 7000

TV Broadcast Ch. 0 - 2
(AUS Mode)

62.75000

69.75000

5 70.00000 87.98750 FM 12.5 VHF Low Band

6 88.00000 107.90000 WFM 100 FM Broadcast

7 108.00000 136.98750 AM 12.5 Aircraft Band

8 137.00000 147.99500 FM 5 2 Meter Amateur Band

9 148.00000 174.00000 FM 12.5 VHF High Band

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180.75000

WFM 7000

TV Broadcast Ch. 6 - 10
(AUS Mode)

187.75000

194.75000

201.75000

214.75000

11 400.00000 512.00000 FM 6.25 Land Mobile Radio

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Features

Channel Memory Scanning - Scans frequencies you have stored in any

of the channels or banks at a rate of up to 60 channels per second.

Memory Availability - Store and then scan any of up to 100 channels
distributed over 10 banks.

Direct Channel Access - Press 0 - 9 and HOLD to directly access any
stored frequency.

Channel Lockout/Frequency Lockout - Skip over stored frequencies
(channels) using the Lockout feature to enable faster scanning. Lets you
designate up to 50 frequencies to skip during a search (limit or service) to
increase the scanning speed.

Alarm Clock with Snooze - provides standard radio broadcasts that you
can set as your alarm sound.

AM/FM and TV Broadcast - lets you store up to 30 preset broadcast
channels (10 AM and 20 FM/TV) for quick access. TV Broadcast allows
tuning to the audio of CH 0-2 and 6-10 in Australian Mode and CH1-9 in
New Zealand Mode.

Air Band - separate search setting for Air band, 118MHz to

136.9875MHz.

Priority Channel - Designate a specific frequency as a Priority Channel.
Then the radio scans and checks that channel every 2 seconds. Select
and designate up to 10 frequencies as Priority Channels (one per bank).

Duplicate Channel Alert - Lets you know that a selected frequency has
already been programmed into memory if you attempt to store it again.

Limit Frequency Searching - Lets you designate lower and upper
frequency range and search within that range for active frequencies.
You can then store frequencies in memory as channels for later recall.

Service Search - Lets you designate one of the five preprogrammed
service channels (Police, Marine, Railroad, AM-CB, UHF-CB) to search.

Scan and Search Speed

Scan Speed 60 channels per second maximum in SCAN MODE.

Search Speed 60 steps per second maximum in SEARCH MODE.

TURBO MODE For frequency steps 5kHz apart, searching occurs in

Turbo Mode which is 180 steps per second.

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Clock Display - the scanner, in standby mode, displays the time.
The clock also features an alarm that can sound up to 20 minutes or be
shut off manually. A convenient snooze button lets you silence the alarm
for an extra 5-minutes.

Delay - you can enable or disable the 2-second delay to resume
scanning when a transmission ends. Enabling this feature helps prevent
missing a response from one of the parties in the transmission.

LCD Backlight - you can enable or disable the LCD back lighted display.

Key Touch Tone - a tone sounds to confirm you have made a valid key

input while a different tone sounds to alert you to an invalid entry.

EEPROM Memory Backup - the scanner uses a non-volatile EEPROM
for memory backup.

Battery Alert - A battery icon alerts you to a no battery installed
condition, and a battery low voltage condition. An alert tone sounds when
the battery needs to be replaced. The backup provides backup for the
clock when power is off and will power scanning for a short time.

Auto Power Off - turns the scanner off when the battery power gets
too low.

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